Thanks Mona,<div>great! look forward to meeting you as well.</div><div>it should be a great time!</div><div>actually ...I'm tryin not to think about it too much</div><div>i don't want to get all nervous <i>toooo</i> early!<br>
<br></div><div>Richard Zane Smith</div><div>Wyandotte, Ok<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Mona Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mona@alliesmediaart.com">mona@alliesmediaart.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Richard, I agree. Hope to meet you this fall when you're in Mpls. St Paul for your award!<div>
<br></div><div>m</div><div><br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>On May 5, 2010, at 10:13 AM, MJ Hardman wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:14pt">Thank you, Richard. Your words are a balm on troubled times. MJ<br>
<br> On 5/5/10 9:41 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <<a href="http://rzs@WILDBLUE.NET" target="_blank">rzs@WILDBLUE.NET</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:14pt">Kweh,<br>
<br> I think what Wilma Thin Elk said was so well put:<br> </span></font><font size="1"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">"...Thin Elk said she was still trying to make sense of what happened Saturday.<br>
<i>"We have an airport in Pine Ridge. Why didn't they land over there and come to the site <br> ... in a car?" she asked. "What was the whole point?"<br> </i></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br>
Some wonder why we always bring up the past and tell us "get over it!"<br> but unless we remember it,we become numb, inactive and unaware of <br> what many in the majority culture choose to remain ignorant about.<br>
<br> What outsiders often decide is "honoring First Nations peoples"<br> may in its very action , be actually degrading and give proof of cultural ignorance.<br> The best Intentions when coupled by Insensitivity can cause the worst damage.<br>
<br> <br> Richard Zane Smith<br> Wyandotte, Okl.<br> <br> <br> </span></font></blockquote> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div><div> <span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
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